Berlinale

The Berlin International Film Festival (Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978. With 270,000 tickets sold and over 450,000 admissions it is considered the largest publicly-attended film festival worldwide. Up to 400 films are shown in several sections, representing a comprehensive array of the cinematic world. Around twenty films compete every year for the awards called the Golden and Silver Bears. Since 2001 the director of the festival has been Dieter Kosslick.

EFM
The European Film Market (EFM), a film trade fair held simultaneously to the Berlinale, is a major industry meeting for the international film circuit once a year. The trade fair serves distributors, filmbuyers, producers, financiers and co-production agents.

Talent Campus
The Berlinale Talent Campus, a week long series of lectures and workshops, gathers young filmmakers from around the globe. It partners with the festival itself and is considered to be a forum for upcoming artists.

International Forum of New Cinema
The International Forum aims to inform about new formal and thematic developments of film in all countries of the world. It is the privileged place within the Berlin Film Festival where innovative and experimental films are shown.

Entry deadline:
Feature length films: October 30, 2010
Short Films: November, 2010
Talent Campus: October, 2010

Festival Dates: February 10 – 20, 2011 
www.berlinale.de